Ash collector

ABSTRACT

An ash collector with an interior concavity constituting a chute fabricated of a flexible material the sides of which on being folded in a given manner produce a bottom receptacle in conjunction with the chute each integrally communicating with the other. The top of the receptacle is formed of overlying, integral continuations of the side walls of the chute, the closure therefor being made from integral extensions of both the top wall portions of the receptacle and the bottom wall of the chute.

United States Patent 11 1 1111 3,900,154

Martin Au 19 1975 [5 ASH COLLECTOR 2,796,067 6/1957 McCutcheon et a1. 131/241 X 2,812,891 111957 C 1 t 1 131 241 X [76] Inventor William Martim 350 Stonycmf 3 017 063 1/1962 224/15 R Rd., Ridgewood, NJ. 07450 1 i [22] Filed: Dec. 19, 1973 Primary Examiner-Davis T. Moorhead 21 Appl, No.: 426,342 [57] ABSTRACT An ash collector with an interior concavity constitut- 229/15 4 6 ing a chute fabricated of a flexible material the sides [58] Fie'ld 131/241 of which on being folded in a given manner produce a 131/256 7 Rf206/38 bottom receptacle in conjunction with the chute each integrally communicating with the other. The top of the receptacle is formed of overlying, integral continu- [56] References Cited ations of the side walls of the chute, the closure there- UNITED STATES PATENTS for being made from integral extensions of both the 1,687,716 DiCkfiI'SOl'l X top wall portions of the receptacle and the bottom 1,722,465 7/1929 Gray 206/38 c X wall of the chute 1,841,934 1/1932 Brown 1 v 229/15 R 2.778365 1/1957 Silverman et al. 131/241 X 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures ASH COLLECTOR The invention relates to containers and in particular to receptacles for the introduction of cigar and cigarette ashes and other disposables while placed across the front of the user in the manner of a napkin, bib or the like.

Bibs and aprons having receptacles in their bottom portions are well known in the prior art. See, for example, US. Pat. No. 632,863 and 1,592,283. A problem which has been encountered with frontal devices of this sort has been the omission of a chute to direct the disposable material into the provided receptacle. A chute is best characterized as a leader having upturned sides which minimize the risk of the directed materials falling away from the device before reaching their desired destination. According to the present invention a chute if formed integrally with a bottom receptacle which albeit tapered is sufficiently large in capacity as to be adequate for its intended purpose of collecting falling waste material from the area of the users mouth.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved, hand held collector for disposables which affords a guide for falling particles such as food, ashes and the like into the receptacle portion thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the invention may be appreciated on reading the following description of one embodiment thereof which is taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the ash collector;

FIG. 2 is a front view in elevation of the ash collector, the dotted lines representing the outline of the original material in unfolded state from which the device is formed;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary, enlarged section taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 shows the collector in use by a driver of an automobile.

Referring to the drawings, sides a and b of bottom wall 14 are increasingly rolled over from top to bottom to form a downwardly tapered device. At points 0 and d receptacle portion 6 is formed integrally with chute portion 8 which is provided with the rolled sides a and b.

At point 0 the left side is sharply folded to form top wall 10 of the receptacle portion 6 and at point d wall section 12 of the receptacle portion is formed which partially underlies the wall 110, the two wall sections being stapled together.

The bottom 16 of the receptacle 6 is closed by folding over the bottom wall 14 of the collector device and the overlying, top walls 10 and 12, as shown in FIG. 3, the three walls being stapled together to form a closure for the device.

Various modifications of the invention may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope and principle thereof as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An ash collector of integral construction comprising a chute section and a receptacle section communicating therewith, said chute section being tapered, open at both ends, and having an opening in its top portion extending the full length thereof, said chute section having side walls which are partially rolled and integral extensions of its bottom wall, said receptacle section having an end wall and an opposing end portion open for communication with the chute section, bottom and rolled side walls integrally extending from the corresponding walls of the chute section and a top wall formed by overlapping and securing together the further rolled integral extensions of the side walls of said chute section whereby ashes and the like may be introduced into the end and through the top at any point along the length of said chute section and then contained within said receptacle section. 

1. An ash collector of integral construction compriSing a chute section and a receptacle section communicating therewith, said chute section being tapered, open at both ends, and having an opening in its top portion extending the full length thereof, said chute section having side walls which are partially rolled and integral extensions of its bottom wall, said receptacle section having an end wall and an opposing end portion open for communication with the chute section, bottom and rolled side walls integrally extending from the corresponding walls of the chute section and a top wall formed by overlapping and securing together the further rolled integral extensions of the side walls of said chute section whereby ashes and the like may be introduced into the end and through the top at any point along the length of said chute section and then contained within said receptacle section. 